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drizzle-orm vs sequelize-typescript

ORMs and query buildersPackage data 25 Sept 2026
drizzle-ormv0.45.3, 21 Sept 2026

Drizzle ORM package for SQL databases

$ npm install drizzle-orm
sequelize-typescriptv2.1.6, 24 Nov 2023

Decorators and some other features for sequelize

$ npm install sequelize-typescript
Metricdrizzle-ormsequelize-typescriptDifference
Weekly downloads16,294,656373,948drizzle-orm 43.6x higher
12-month download growth+710%+25%drizzle-orm +684 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies01sequelize-typescript 1 more
Unpacked size10.0 MB211 kBsequelize-typescript 48.8x smaller
Latest release0.45.3, 21 Sept 20262.1.6, 24 Nov 2023drizzle-orm 2.8 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months60drizzle-orm 6 more
First published9 Sept 202115 Mar 2017sequelize-typescript 4.5 years earlier
GitHub stars35,8912,836drizzle-orm 12.7x higher
Open issues1,378232drizzle-orm 1,146 more
Open pull requests68831drizzle-orm 657 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks670drizzle-orm higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSCommonJSDiffers
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LicenseApache-2.0MITDiffers

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

drizzle-orm16.3m latest weeksequelize-typescript367.7k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

drizzle-orm

Major versions
  1. 0.9.09 Sept 2021
Last 5 releases
  1. 0.45.321 Sept 2026
  2. 0.45.227 Mar 2026
  3. 0.45.110 Dec 2025
  4. 0.45.04 Dec 2025
  5. 0.44.723 Oct 2025
210 releases in total, 6 in the last 12 months

sequelize-typescript

Major versions
  1. 0.1.015 Mar 2017
  2. 1.0.021 Aug 2019
  3. 2.0.017 Jan 2021
Last 5 releases
  1. 2.1.624 Nov 2023
  2. 2.1.517 Oct 2022
  3. 2.1.415 Oct 2022
  4. 2.1.316 Feb 2022
  5. 2.1.24 Jan 2022
40 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
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  • Need no runtime dependenciesdrizzle-orm (drizzle-orm has 0, sequelize-typescript has 1)
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsdrizzle-orm (drizzle-orm: ESM + CommonJS; sequelize-typescript: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementdrizzle-orm: none declared; sequelize-typescript: >=10.0.0 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasedrizzle-orm (0.45.3 on 21 Sept 2026 vs 2.1.6 on 24 Nov 2023)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsdrizzle-orm (16.3m vs 373.9k)
  • Licensedrizzle-orm: Apache-2.0; sequelize-typescript: MIT

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